1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers...
.....a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness
.....b. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources
.....c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students’ conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes
2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S. Teachers...
.....a. design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity
.....b. develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become
active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress
.....c. customize and personalize learning activities to address students’ diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using
digital tools and resources
.....d. provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology
standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching
3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning
Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. Teachers...
.....a. demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations
.....b. collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success
and innovation
.....c. communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats
.....d. model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information
resources to support research and learning
5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership
Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources. Teachers...
.....b. exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of technology infusion, participating in shared decision making and community building, and developing the leadership and technology skills of others
.....d. contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of the teaching profession and of their school and community
Google Form Use
.....I have created an interest survey to help with grouping students appropriately for a final project in their Mythology unit. The project itself will involve research, creating and saving files and images, using graphic (and possibly audio) editors, and creating a PowerPoint digital story to relate the events relating to a specific myth. They will also offer a hypothesis on how that myth has influenced our culture and participate in post-project assessments. Because of the amount of cooperative efforts needed to successfully complete this project, I need specific information from each student.
.....To begin the project, I need to know which skills students are bringing into the project (what they remember from other lessons), types of groupings they are most comfortable with, and which topics most interest them. This interest survey will provide the needed information to do this responsibly.
.....I have had opportunity to use several different tools to create surveys: Survey Monkey, Blended Schools, and Google. I liked the flexibility of Survey Monkey's styles, however, if I remember correctly, the free version limits the number of questions you can ask. I like creating with Blended Schools (BSN) the most because of the variety of question types and it can be used for regular assessments. The downside to BSN is that you have to have an account, which costs big bucks. Though Google Docs are not as easy to use as MicroSoft products, the forms tool does serve its purpose and you can invite anyone you choose, as long as they have an email. Our students (at the elementary level anyway) are not permitted to hold school email accounts. This would be a hindrance, but there are ways around it. For instance, if the survey includes typing in your student name they could use the teacher's email (but the teacher would need to type their password in for everyone). Overall, Google is probably the best form tool to use because it may be accessed by anyone freely.
2/14/11
Google Forms
| NETS-T Standards for Google Forms | Google Form Use | Interest Survey link (Google Form) | Embedded Google Form (Interest Survey) | Google Forms (Reflection)
NETS-T Standards for Google Forms
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers........a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness
.....b. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources
.....c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students’ conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes
2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S. Teachers........a. design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity
.....b. develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become
active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress
.....c. customize and personalize learning activities to address students’ diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using
digital tools and resources
.....d. provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology
standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching
3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning
Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. Teachers........a. demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations
.....b. collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success
and innovation
.....c. communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats
.....d. model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information
resources to support research and learning
5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership
Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources. Teachers........b. exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of technology infusion, participating in shared decision making and community building, and developing the leadership and technology skills of others
.....d. contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of the teaching profession and of their school and community
Google Form Use
.....I have created an interest survey to help with grouping students appropriately for a final project in their Mythology unit. The project itself will involve research, creating and saving files and images, using graphic (and possibly audio) editors, and creating a PowerPoint digital story to relate the events relating to a specific myth. They will also offer a hypothesis on how that myth has influenced our culture and participate in post-project assessments. Because of the amount of cooperative efforts needed to successfully complete this project, I need specific information from each student.
.....To begin the project, I need to know which skills students are bringing into the project (what they remember from other lessons), types of groupings they are most comfortable with, and which topics most interest them. This interest survey will provide the needed information to do this responsibly.
Interest Survey link (Google Form)
https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/ottoeldred.org/embeddedform?formkey=dGs2ZXI5dFdwNkZPcEpUU1hCYmtvNkE6MQ
Embedded Google Form (Interest Survey)
Google Forms (Reflection)
.....I have had opportunity to use several different tools to create surveys: Survey Monkey, Blended Schools, and Google. I liked the flexibility of Survey Monkey's styles, however, if I remember correctly, the free version limits the number of questions you can ask. I like creating with Blended Schools (BSN) the most because of the variety of question types and it can be used for regular assessments. The downside to BSN is that you have to have an account, which costs big bucks. Though Google Docs are not as easy to use as MicroSoft products, the forms tool does serve its purpose and you can invite anyone you choose, as long as they have an email. Our students (at the elementary level anyway) are not permitted to hold school email accounts. This would be a hindrance, but there are ways around it. For instance, if the survey includes typing in your student name they could use the teacher's email (but the teacher would need to type their password in for everyone). Overall, Google is probably the best form tool to use because it may be accessed by anyone freely.